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by signaler 3882 days ago
As a countermeasure to this, you can 'pepper' your passes or secrets with reserved letters / symbols that only you know about. For example if a pass is

    _SOSECRETOMG!_
You simply omit the exclamation symbol, and reveal the real pass which is:

    _SOSECRETOMG_
That's a very basic example, and can be made as complicated as your brain will allow. The older you are, the harder this gets to do small byte flips like this.
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One of the features of KeePass is that you never see or type an actual password. You simply hit CTRL-C to copy the pw to memory and paste into the form. This is a guard against key loggers and visual snooping.
Better: Auto-Type. That way it's never even in the clipboard.